Are you more concerned with how you look than how you play? Do you follow tennis to see what the players are wearing and not whether they're winning? Have you spent way more on your tennis outfits than on your tennis lessons? If so, you've finally found the group for you . . .See More

The 2013 US Men's Clay Court Championship is scheduled for April 8-14, 2013 at River Oaks Country Club. Players like last year's champ Juan Monaco, Sam Querrey, John Isner and the Bryan Brothers are all expected to play. USTA members get a $5 discount off ticets each day so be sure and mention you're a member is you buy tickets. Ticket information can be found at www.mensclaycourt.com or by calling…See More

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Placing your serve is critical in doubles. If you are hitting short weak serves or serves to your opponent's strong side, you leave your partner vulnerable to attack at the net or you allow your opponent to control the points off the return.

You can remedy this by choosing a target and working on keeping your serve deep in the service box (except for the wide serve which should be placed shorter in the box). You will begin to control and win more points if you have good placement of… Continue

We all know that, as much as it is a physical game, tennis is really a mental game. And if you are not in the best mental place possible during a match, most likely you are going down. So when everything's going wrong on the court, how go you get positive? Oh, and since it's the middle of a match, how go you get positive fast? Here are 3 easy steps to follow that will get your head back in the game:

You know that tennis is great exercise. That's part of the reason you're playing, right? But did you know that tennis is good for your brain too? Tennis makes you smarter!

In general, exercise is great for your brain. Experts have found that: "When you exercise, muscles begin to use oxygen at a higher rate, and the heart pumps more oxygenated blood through the carotid artery to the brain. In fact, the brain uses about 25 percent of the oxygen that you take in. Because exercise… Continue

Last week I played tennis where temperatures started out in the (get ready for this) 40's! Here in Houston that is FREEEEEZZZZING! OK, I know. That's not really very cold at all. In fact, on both mornings, it went from being a little chilly at the beginning of each match to being pretty darn warm by the end. But I live in Texas because I like hot weather and the thought of wearing tights under a tennis skirt - Yuck! Not the tennis fashion statement I'm… Continue

I play for four different tennis teams right now. That means, with shuffling line-ups and subs, I may have four different partners each week. In the course of a month, I can theoretically be partnered with sixteen different people!

So, each month, I may be learning how to partner and achieve success with sixteen different people. And, sixteen different people may be sizing me up, considering my tennis game, deciding if I am the kind of partner they ever want to play with… Continue

Hi Kim, nice to meet you! I used to live near Rice University and would run stadiums there every day! I got carjacked back in 93' at a Shell gas station at the corner of westheimer and the loop! They got my new car but i got it back.

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